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were very few, and those of the most ordinary kind. Even 
those discovered for the first time in the forest are common 
enough in other parts of the country, and some species usually 
common everywhere could not be seen at all. Only six speci- 
mens of the well-known “ chantarelle ” could be found, and 
these are usually collected by the basketful for cooking. Not a 
single Boletus edulis could be seen anywhere, while such things 
as Agaricus velutinus , Agaricus in fundibuli for mis, Marasmius 
peronatus , Craterellus cornucopioides , Panus stypticus , etc., could 
not be seen at all. The most prominent genus was Pussula , 
but of all the seventy British species of Tricholoma there were 
but two, and of the fifty-three species of Glitocybe there were 
but two, and thus throughout the whole of the white-spored 
Agarics. This peculiarity was also remarked last year. 
Although of the single large genus Agaricus no fewer than 825 
species are recorded for Great Britain, only thirty-four were 
recognized during that day in the forest. All together the 
edible fungi collected, at all fit for the table, would not have 
constituted more than one meal for a healthy man. 
Essex Field Club. — Following within a fortnight of the 
Hackney Society, the Essex Field Club held their annual 
Foray in Epping Forest on Friday and Saturday, September 
27th and 28th, in search of fungi. The excursion on Friday 
was taken in the woods north of Epping, and on Saturday 
around Theydon Bois. The company was not so large as in 
many of the preceding years, but the weather continued fine 
and agreeable. This was the tenth annual foray of the Essex 
Field Club for this purpose, but the soil was so hard and dry, 
notwithstanding recent rains, that all kinds of fungi were very 
scarce. The total number of species determined as having 
been seen during the two days was 138, being less than last 
year, which also was unfavourable. Although the total was 
small, it included one species, Paxillus Alexandri , new to the 
British Islands, and five species additional to the Essex list, 
viz., Agaricus ( Glitocybe ) gallinaceus , Fr. ; Russula Linncei , Fr. ; 
R. incarnata, Q. ; Ly coper don saccatum , Fr. ; and Diachcea leuco- 
poda, Bull. In the evening, after a substantial tea, the usual 
meeting was held in a large room at Rigg’s Retreat, and when 
the business matters were disposed of, the exhibition of fungi 
duly inspected and commented upon, the results of the excur- 
sion were detailed by Dr. M. C. Cooke, and comparisons insti- 
tuted between the Essex list of fungi and those published by 
other counties, notably that of Herefordshire. The whole 
number of Agaricini found in Britain now reaches 1,335 
species, of which 483 have been recorded for Herefordshire, 
and now about 410 for Essex. This was considered to be a 
very favourable result, seeing that continuous excursions of 
four days each have been held by the Woolhope Club for the 
